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02/09-2010

ITALY
Here is some information about Ondamedia Broadcast, the new Italian MW station on 1512 kHz.
The Mosfet transmitter has a power of 600 W but currently its output is limited to 350-400 W into a vertical 1/8 wave antenna. In the coming future the ground system will be improved, with more radial wires. The transmitting site is San Pietro in Casale, between Bologna and Ferrara (northern Italy). At present the station is operating from 0700 to 2330
hours local time.
The letterhead indicates also a frequency of 1503 kHz, possibly for the announced future DRM transmissions. Programs will be of local nature, with music, news and cultural contents.
The head of the station is Roberto Furlan, an engineer. The e-mail address is
ondamediabroadcast @ gmail.com
Good listening, Fabrizio Magrone, Forlì, Italy via mwdx yg (2/9-2010)

U S A
For a week now, the airwaves have been filled with remembrances of the disaster that hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast this week in 2005. But what of the region's broadcast infrastructure? The good news is, most of the tower sites in the area sustained relatively little damage, and most of the region's signals were back on the air within days or weeks after the floodwaters subsided. One big AM exception was GHB Broadcasting's WTIX, New
Orleans (690)...
More at www.TheRadioJournal.com
TheRadioJournal.com via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (1/9-2010)

01/09-2010

RUSSIA
Radio Yunost in Russia no longer operates on medium waves.
The transmitting is completely stopped on medium and long waves(153kHz). Now on them only noise, broadcasts nothing. You can find more correct actual information about Russian MW and FM on http://victorcity.dxing.ru/f-indexr.htm (Russian language).
Andrew Nogovitsyn via Günter Lorenz, mwcircle yg (1/9-2010)

31/08-2010

NETHERLANDS
Just to advise everyone that 1395 khz is being used all day on 31 August by Stichting Norderney with live programming from former Veronica and RNI DJs.
Paul via RadioCarolineMailinglist@yahoogroups.com
Mike Terry, dxld yg (30/8-2010)

29/08-2010

ITALY
Onda Media Broadcast transmits on 1512 from Galliera, 40 km north of Bologna, with 300 watts and 1/8 vertical antenna.
73, Stefano Valianti via mwcircle yg (29/8-2010)

27/08-2010

U K
Radio Caroline: Holiday weekend live broadcasting from The MV Ross Revenge will commence at 2pm UK time(13:00 utc)today, this is earlier than originally announced.
Low power tests on 531 khz are expected today.
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (27/8-2010)
Radio Caroline are on air now at 1140utc putting a good S8 signal on 531kHz into this area. Official programming started from the  Ross Revenge at 1300utc. I expect they are putting a very solid signal into Essex and Kent even though they are on low power.
73s Steve Whitt near York, mwcircle yg (27/8-2010)

24/08-2010

U K
From Radio Caroline web site:
We always try and make Bank Holiday weekends a little bit special and this one is no exception.
Once again we'll be offering you the chance to own a piece of Caroline history. We have a number of unique souvenirs that will be up for auction across the weekend. The special auction page will go live at 6pm on Friday, August 27th.Broadcasts commence then through to midnight 30 August 2010.
We are very pleased to welcome back Steve Silby for this broadcast. Steve served on board the Ross whilst she was still at sea and you may remember his breakfast shows from a few years back. Nick Jackson is also joining the team on board ahead of making his regular come-back.
Don't forget that if you live in the south Essex or North Kent area you'll be able to listen to the weekend broadcast on your radio. Just tune to 531kHz AM and that'll be us!
J Williams via mwcircle yg (24/8-2010)

23/08-2010

U K
Radio Caroline is back on 531 KHz this bank holiday weekend. They are also celebrating the 50th birthday of their radio ship Ross Revenge. It was from here that Radio Caroline was relaunched in 1983.
Radio Caroline's medium wave broadcasts during the weekend will take place from the studios aboard the ship under a low power AM license at 531 kHz.
The AM coverage is officially in south Essex and north Kent although in the past dxers have reported the station from significantly further afield. As the signal is moving over salt water the groundwave signal should take it across the North Sea.
In addition as the signal is on the lowest-end of the AM broadcast band it should travel twice as far as a signal broadcast on, say, 1600 kHz.
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (23/8-2010)

U S A
WWJ 950 AM celebrates 90 years of broadcasting.
WWJ 950 AM, "Newsradio 950" is Detroit, Michigan's only 24-hour all-news radio station. Broadcasting at 950 kHz, the station is owned and operated by CBS Corporation subsidiary CBS Radio. WWJ first went on the air on August 20, 1920 with the call sign 8MK. It is believed to be the first station to broadcast news reports regularly as well as the first regularly scheduled religious broadcast and play-by-play sports broadcast.
WWJ is committed to keeping listeners informed with useful information, including "Traffic and Weather on the 8's" which features 24/7 coverage by the best Detroit Traffic Reporters and AccuWeather forecasts.

On August 20, 1920, The Detroit News started the station with the call sign 8MK, Then, on October 13, 1921 the station was granted a limited commercial license and was assigned the call letters WBL. With the new license, the station began broadcasting at 360 meters (833 kHz), with weather reports and other government reports broadcast at 485 meters (619 kHz).
On March 3, 1922, for reasons that are not known, the call letters, WWJ, were assigned to the station.
In 1923, WWJ was moved to 517 meters (580 kHz). It was later re-assigned, during a re-alignment of stations by the new Federal Radio Commission in 1927-28, to fulltime operation on 920 kHz, and allowed to increase its power in stages, reaching 5,000 watts by the late 1930s.
On March 29, 1941 as part of the NARBA frequency reassignment, WWJ moved to 950 AM where it remains to this day.
The programming throughout this time was focused on variety. During the 1940s it transmitted most of the NBC "Red" network schedule, as well as locally produced news, entertainment and music programming. After World War II, music and local news would make up a larger portion of its format as television eroded support for variety programming on radio and the Golden Age of Radio gradually ended.
With the advent of FM radio and stereo broadcasting, WWJ dropped its middle-of-the-road music format in favor of all-news programming in 1973.
The all-news format has served WWJ well over the past three and a half decades, enabling it to rank consistently among the Detroit area's most popular stations with adult listeners, often finishing in first place in surveys of overall listenership as our success continues today.
http://wwj.cbslocal.com/2010/06/24/a-brief-history-of-wwj/
Mike Terry via dxld yg (23/8-2010)

22/08-2010

CANADA
Some may have read on other news boards that CJUL Cornwall ON [1220 kHz] has been closed. Check here http://www.am1220.ca
I can confirm this as I went by Cornwall on Aug 21. They are running a tape loop with JJ Johnston, Manager and Lorne Wiebe News Director explaining the reason etc. Runs about 4 mins.
I wish I could pull that in here in Peterborough but CHSC is blocking it (This stn. too has to leave the air by the end of the month as their lic. was pulled by the CRTC).
Andy Reid via dxld yg (22/8-2010)

21/08-2010

U S A
Please check 1580 Saturday morning in S/C USA. 1580, KOKB, Blackwell OK didn`t wait until the weekend to drop modulation and resume open carrier: already Friday Aug 20 at 1525, 2000 and 2350 UT chex.
I hope others in neighboring states will monitor 1580 this Saturday at 1300-1400+ UT (8-9+ am CDT) for the Spanish sportstalk unID I have been getting for weeks on 1580, only on Saturdays at this time.
WTTN in Wisconsin is probably carrying ESPN Deportes, but I really think it is closer, and not a full-time Spanish station, maybe running this by mistake.
Thanks, Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, mwdx yg (21/8-2010)
The only other possivility I could come up with through Internet research was KIRT Mission, Texas, relaying 1430 XEWD, but the XEWD website is incomplete and useless. Maybe XEWD has "La Zona" sports program on Saturday mornings? That would fit with mentions of pesos in ads.
Bruce Conti, mwdx yg (21/8-2010)

20/08-2010

U S A
Modesto AM KMPH (840) will turn off August 31. It’s the 5-kw fulltime station that Pappas Radio of Modesto built to essentially replace the 860 (KTRB) that it moved into the San Francisco market. KMPH hit the air in July 2006, originally playing “Modern Standards” and then in March 2008 switching to a conservative talk approached named Patriot 840. Now Pappas Radio says it’s going to sign the station off at 9am Pacific time on Tuesday, August 31. Jim Pappas blames that on “the ongoing national, state and local economic downturn, combined with the insufficient growth in revenue” at the 5-kw AM. He says “the company is no longer willing to fund” the station’s operating losses. His letter ends with this promise – “when future circumstances permit, KMPH-AM will return to the airwaves.” One problem for the four-year-old station: very different day and night patterns. The daytime signal goes Southeast and, with what the engineers call a tight null to northwest, doesn’t hit Stockton very well. The nighttime signal goes north and south, centered on Modesto.
radio-info.com via Artie Bigley, dxld yg (20/8-2010)

19/08-2010

RUSSIA
Russian radio update: Radio Mayak 20 kW transmitter in Kazan on 1521 kHz has been closed.
I will visit Moscow and Kazan 21 to 25 August. Do you have any coordinates or street names for MW transmitter sites? I can not find locations on the web.
Any hints are appreciated. I am writing a story on Russian Broadcasting.
Best Regards Christopher K. Horne (18/8-2010)

14/08-2010

ICELAND
Longwave radio mast Hellissandur.
A Facebook page has just been opened, search "Longwave radio mast Hellissandur".
"The Longwave radio mast Hellissandur is a 412 metre high guyed radio mast
for longwave transmissions at Gufuskálar in the vicinity of Hellissandur on
the peninsula Snæfellsnes of Iceland. This mast, which is the tallest
structure in Western Europe, is insulated against ground and guyed in 5
levels by steel ropes, which are subdivided by insulators. It was built in
1963 as replacement for a 190.5 metre (625ft) tall LORAN-C tower, which was
built in 1959, for the North Atlantic LORAN-C chain (GRD 7970). After the
LORAN-C scheme was shut down on December 31st, 1994 the longwave radio mast
Hellissandur was converted to an aerial mast for a longwave broadcasting
transmitter of the Broadcasting Service of Iceland, for a transmission
frequency of 189 kHz and a power of 300 kilowatts."
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (13/8-2010)

U K
RSL London now broadcasting. This station is currently broadcasting : MCR -Ramadan Special 1134 kHz - London E1 Whitechapel. On air from: 11 August to 11 September 2010. Contact: Abdullah Faliq Telephone: 020 74561062
73's
John Williams via mwcircle yg (13/8-2010)

U K
From The Radio Caroline website:
Another holiday weekend will soon be upon us and once again Radio Caroline will be broadcasting from our radio ship Ross Revenge in Tilbury.
The team on board will be made up of "veterans" from our days at sea in the 1970's and 1980's and amongst them we'll be welcoming back Nick Jackson and Steve Silby.
Once again if you live in the south Essex or north Kent area you'll be able to hear Caroline on 531 kHz AM (or worldwide on the internet).
More details about what will be happening to follow.
http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/home.html
(A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom)
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (13/8-2010)

12/08-2010

11/08-2010

LIBYA
Voice of Africa, Libya noted to-day August 10, 2010 on 1251 kHz at 1920 UTC in English with SIO 243/222 with ID at 1927 UTC.
73s, Ehard Goddijn, Almere, The Netherlands (11/8-2010)

U S A
1170 WWVA OH has been granted an STA for non-directional operation at reduced power.  Only 40- to 50-ft stubs remain of each of the three antenna towers that collapsed on August 4.  Operation has been restored with an antenna using the remaining lower section of one tower with a horizontal wire attached to the top and running to another stub tower where it is secured by an insulator.  Maximum nighttime power is 12.5 kW.  Read the entire STA letter of approval on the FCC website at the following URL:
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?
import_letter_id=20606
Bruce Conti via mwdx yg (11/8-2010)

10/08-2010

CUBA
New mediumwave transmitters planned in Cuba.
The Radio Cuba Company in the eastern province of Las Tunas has just finished an important large investment process which improves the radio and television services in the territory. The company is working on the placement of repeaters on mediumwave for the signals of Radio Chaparra, the community radio station in the municipality of Jesus Menendez, and for the national Radio Rebelde.
Source: periodico26.cu via Media Network weblog (10/8-2010)

INDIA
All India Radio Leh 1053 kHz severely damaged by flash floods.
Flash floods in the city of Leh in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday have severely damaged the transmitter site of All India Radio there. The Hindustan Times reports that ?Water has gushed through [the AIR building], sweeping furniture and equipment helter skelter, and a dish on top the building is contorted beyond recognition - from the impact of a truck that was swept against it.
AIR Leh normally broadcasts on mediumwave 1053 kHz and shortwave 4760/6000 kHz. 132 people have been killed and over 500 people are reported to be still missing as of this post.
Source: Various press reports via RN media network weblog via mwcircle yg (9/8-2010)

09/08-2010

TURKEY
The Voice of Turkey 702 kHz Catalca Transmitter former TRT Istanbul Radio.
I have just received an e mail from The Voice of Turkey Foreign Service Department. VoT have been on the air test transmissions in 702 kHz medium wave band. This broadcasting period is 24 hours in Turkish language.
But only in Ramadan Month this station will carry out "Ramadan Special" programme between 1700-1800 UT evening fasting time. Schedule of this broadcasting details:
1700 News
1705 Instrumental Music with reed and times announcement meal before dawn (Imsak) and fasting (Iftar)
1710 Fasting Programme
1750 Instrumental music with reed then times announcement meal before dawn (Imsak) and fasting (Iftar)
Have a good DX'ing, Mustafa Cankurt, Turkey, Aug 5, via Glenn Hauser dxld yg (8/8-2010)

Re RAMADAN, see item 5/8-2010!

08/08-2010

CANADA
930 CJYQ NL St. John's: Applies for U5 25000/3500, decreasing their nighttime power and going non-directional and relocating that night transmitter. The wording of the application isn’t too clear whether they plan to locate the night transmitter to another second site (they are now a 2-site operation), or consolidate the day and night sites. They state that the night antenna site is unusable due to deterioration caused by the coastal Newfoundland weather.
Source: NRC via Barry Davies, mwcircle yg (8/8-2010)

07/08-2010

U S A
WWVA is back on 1170 kHz. Playing country/folk music August 7, 2010 0200 UTC.
73, Kraig, KG4LAC via mwdx yg (7/8-2010)

06/08-2010

U S A
All three of WWVA-AM radio towers collapsed in high winds on Wednesday. Full story at
http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=83934
WWVA is an AM radio station that broadcasts on a frequency of 1170 kHz with studios in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA, and towers formerly located in St. Clairsville, Ohio, before they were destroyed in an August 2010 storm. The station is currently off air due to the damage.
When on the air, it is a class A 50,000 watt clear-channel station, sharing the frequency with KFAQ (formerly KVOO) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. WWVA can be heard in most of the eastern two-thirds of the United States at night, as well as most of Canada. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications and uses the on-air nickname "The Big One" (borrowed from sister stations WLW and WTAM).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWVA
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (5/8-2010)
Actually, WWVA's programming is back on the air on their sister station on 1400 kHz with 1 kw.
Marc DeLorenzo, South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts via mwdx yg (5/8-2010)

05/08-2010

RAMADAN 2010
Ramadan in 2010 will start on Wednesday, the 11th of August and will continue for 30 days until Thursday, the 9th of September.
Based on sightability in North America, in 2010 Ramadan will start in North America a day later - on Thursday, the 12th of August.
Note that in the Muslim calander, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Muslims will celebrate Ramadan on the sunset of Tuesday, the 10th of August.
From a radio perspective Ramadan is quite significant. In the Uk numerous local RSL stations appear on FM for the month. In other parts of the world stations extend their broadcasting hours during Ramadan, sometimes making them easier to hear by DXers.
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (4/8-2010)

03/08-2010

NETHERLANDS
Big L International 1395 has started issuing new QSL cards, for more information check http://www.1395.eu/ send an email to qsl@biglradio.co.uk
The address to send your reception (with a sae) is p.o. box 1536, 1000BM in Amsterdam.
Big L Message Board, via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (3/8-2010)

01/08-2010

MADEIRA
1017 Posto Emissor do Funchal, Santana 1 kW (Madeira's NE) has been silent for a few weeks' time.
Carlos Goncalves POR (31/7-2010)

PORTUGAL
1035 R.Club Português, Belmonte (Benavente) (+ a few VHF-FM fqs too) has changed its format, and is broadcasting Portuguese & foreign music from the 60s & 70 since approx. mid July.  Just yesterday, 30/7 when this tx was off once again, I got the information this current format is only temporary, and it is almost certain it will change a bit (again!!!), but my contact added it should remain an oldies stn nevertheless. Current power level of their
100 kW THALES tx at Belmonte is about 1/3 due to budgetary limitations.
783 ditto, Avanca (Estarreja, near Aveiro), is stuck, probably for good as the vandalism that stroke this unmanned site back in early 2010 - which could have been solved with minor repairs on the copper elements that were stolen - met another break in causing extensive damage to the 100 kW THALES tx.  My contact reported the administration is simply unwilling to spend lots of money with it, so it remains silent, and has been silent ever since everything was put in place and tested in order to be finally switched on
parallel to 1035.
Carlos Goncalves POR (31/7-2010)

29/07-2010

U S A
Senior Radio 1710 ..The story continues
I received this from the operator today:

"Yes. On Saturday night between 8-12AM we play Oldies.
The rest of the time its Big Band and standards.  You must have your date wrong 7/21. Maybe you meant 7/24. I only broadcast Friday evening to Monday morning at this time. We will soon be on 24/7.
Do you DX 1230 khz.? I co-own a 1000 watt oldies station in VA with a friend WODI. Look for that sometime
When you DX 1710 you can call the listen line to confirm whats on the air. I have an autocoupler hooked up.  1-732-985-2122
Keep me posted on hearing my station.
Tony DeNicola, tony at wodiradio.com , D&M Comm. Inc."

28/07-2010

UKRAINE
Dear Idun,
The National Radiocompany of Ukraine restarted its mediumwave broadcasts on mediumwave and on longwave on 1st of July.
Tibor Gaal, Hungary (28/7-2010)

Do you know, which frequencies have been re-activated?
Ydun Ritz (28/7-2010)

I monitored that 675, 936, 972 khz is working and relaying UR1. But, Ur2 on 549 khz remained off the air. Of course, 657 khz transmitter is on the air too (this broadcast romanian programmes for romanian minorities).
On 675 khz, I  also discovered that UR1 doesn't broadcasts Zakarpatske Oblasne Radio: 0445-0500 UTC in Ukrainian. Unfortunately www.emwg.info mentions it wrongly, but, I didn't report them because I need more monitoring. It is a bit difficult, because I live in west Hungary, and Ukraine is in the North East. Summer time is not good for monitoring MW. I hope next time i can supply more correct info.
Sincerely, Tibor Gaal, Hungary (29/7-2010)

27/07-2010

U S A
1710 Senior Radio 07/21 0947 UTC.  Poor signals fading in and out with Oldies music. I posted this as an UNID on the BCB propagation Logger and got an email from the station owner saying I had heard his station. He was most amazed I had picked him up. This is a Part 15 station or Low Powered AM station. NEW!
I received further info in regards to my 1710 catch. The station is in Edison NJ USA.
Tony sent me the following info:

"The transmitter is a Hamilton AM 1000 FCC Part 15 certified AM transmitter. The transmitter lives at the top of the 30ft tower runs on 15 volts DC at 250 mA. The audio and DC are fed to the transmitter from the house studio. No coax TPO is=to 5 watts but the final stage only puts out 100 milliwatts it has a h Q gain tank circuit. Gets out about 5 miles. But Skip WOW to Canada is unbelievable. It uses a CB 102" whip and only has a ground rod in the ground. I'm impressed.
I'm on every weekend starting late Friday evening till Monday morning. Please record it next time you hear me. I'd like to hear it."
Thanks! Tony. visit my website for more pictures and radio stuff  www.tonydeeradio

Comments: This first new one in a very long time but it is a goodie for sure. Who says there is no DX in summer.
73 Best of DX, Shawn Axelrod  VE4DX1SMA Winnipeg MB via mwdx yg (27/7-2010)

26/07-2010

U S A
Clear Channel Radio donates two new stations to Minority Media and Telecommunications Council.
The two newly donated channels are:
KFXN-AM, Minneapolis, MN
WTOC-AM, Newton, NJ, Sussex County
More on http://www.clearchannel.com/Radio/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=2737
clearchannel.com (20/7-2010)

25/07-2010

CANADA
CJYQ (Newfoundland 930 kHz) transmitter sites.
I just spend some time to find out more about this story. This may be a surprise, but CJYQ is the most easily audible TA signal in Europe, thus the particular interest.
Newcap Broadcasting applied for a site change, which has been approved:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-253.htm
This is the transmitter site in question, in the western outskirts of St. John's, next to a highway exit (which is featured on Flickr, but unfortunately in both cases with the location of the masts out of frame):
http://maps.google.de/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=47.576019,-52.784092&spn=0.00532,0.009559&t=h&z=17
The plan from last year was to move 930 kHz to a transmitter site that was until autumn 2008 (authorization for its operation expired on Oct 7 2008) in use with 5 kW on 560 kHz and had to be shut down as result of a "move to FM" process, with the coverage of new FM outlet apparently being inferior to an extent that it appears to be a case of shooting in one's on feet:
http://maps.google.de/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=47.659925,-53.250464&spn=0.002656,0.00478&t=h&z=18
Now I wonder if the change has really been made? If so they plan to abandon the new (rather reused) site already after just one year. Almost unthinkable here in Europe. And I also wonder why they bother at all, since the whole thing appears to be just some tourism promotion now. I would have rather suspected that they would simply shut down the crumbling facility and be done with this mediumwave frequency.
Kai Ludwig via dxld yg (25/7-2010)

They plan to co-locate with VOCM:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-486.htm
Site located at 47.32.38N 52.46.40W. Per the application, I guess the ex CHVO site was in pretty rough shape.
Andy Reid via dxld yg (25/7-2010)

22/07-2010

CANADA
CJYQ-930 St. John's NL has applied to the CRTC to go non-directional and to decrease the night power from 25 kW to 3.5 kW. Day power would remain at 25 kW.

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-486.htm :
St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
Application No. 2010-0975-4
Application by Newcap Inc. relating to the broadcasting licence for the English-language
commercial AM radio programming undertaking CJYQ St. John’s.
The licensee proposes to amend the authorized contours by changing the antenna radiation
pattern from directional to non-directional, decreasing the transmitter power from 25,000 watts to 3,500 watts night time while maintaining it at 25,000 watts day time, and by changing the antenna site.
The licensee states that the previous antenna site is unusable due to deterioration
caused by the coastal Newfoundland weather.
73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, Calgary Alberta via mwn editor, mwcircle yg (19/7-2010)

19/07-2010

BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
Hi Ydun ! Info about BH Radio 1  612 kHz below:

"Dear Mr. Robic, unfortunately, our transmiter is off-air for 6 months. We have to repair our transmitter. Thank you for this mail.
Best regards Senada Cumurovic-director of BH radio 1"

73, Patrick Robic, AUT (19/7-2010)

CANADA
This from the IRCA:
1570 QC Laval CFAV new name, from Radio Boomer to 1570 AM , remains oldies.
Barry Davies via mwcircle yg (15/7-2010)

14/07-2010

BRAZIL
Boa notícia: Retorno transmissor 300 kW Rádio Nacional.
Olá, pessoal! Boas notícias. Recebi uma mensagem do gerente de operações da Empresa Brasileira de Comunicação (EBC), Adriano Goetz, sobre o retorno do transmissor de 300 kW da Rádio Nacional de Brasília em 980 kHz. Há um tempo atrás eu me lembro que essa era a emissora listada no WRTH com uma das maiores (ou a maior) potência no país.
Escutava-se muito bem aqui no Paraná.
Transcrevo abaixo a mensagem do Adriano Goetz. Seria legal o pessoal ver como está chegando o sinal da rádio e enviar informes para ela. Afinal de contas, nós dexistas temos que prestigiar essas iniciativas cada vez mais difíceis de ver atualmente. Aqui eu estou percebendo que o sinal está chegando bem, superando a ruideira presente na banda.
Marcelo X. Vieira, 2 July, radioescutas yg via DXLD

Mensagem:
"Caros DXistas. Engendrando esforços para receber novos equipamentos para as emissoras da antiga Radiobrás, conseguimos reestruturar o transmissor de 300 KW da emissora 980 KHz em Brasília, que entra ao ar à noite. Originalmente eram dois transmissores de 300 KW em paralelo, dando 600 KW, para cobertura nacional em OM. Fabricados pela Brown-Boveri (Suiça), foram comprados pelo presidente Geisel, no mesmo
pacote das turbina de Itaipú. Desativados tem 10 anos, um dos transmissores pôde ser reformado e voltou ao ar, o outro foi totalmente sucateado. Por Favor, agradecemos reportagens de QSL, elas reforçam nossos argumentos de investir em novos transmissores. Peço divulgar aos membros do clube. Atenciosamente, Adriano Goetz, Ger.
Operações EBC Serviços."
via Vieira

Amigos, Acabo de confirmar com o senhor Toshihiro Kanegae, do departamento de engenharia da EBC, que a potência noturna da Rádio Nacional Brasília (980) no momento é de 230 kW. Durante o dia são 50 kW.
Abraços Lucio Haeser, Brasília, July 5, radioescutas yg via DXLD 10-27 (8/7-2010)

Agora que arrumaram o emissor de ondas medias; que tal consertar aquele que opera em 49 mts; pois eu; nas sextas sábados e domingos; tenho recepção daquele emissor e, nos dias uteis não consigo sintonizar A RNA "EBC" em 49 mts; o de 25 mts está funcionando, mas não tenho recepção nesta época do ano, pelo menos aceitável. Vamos esperar; para ver o que vai dar (durval503, ibid.) 11780 VG here.
Glenn Hauser, dxld 10-27 (8/7-2010)

13/07-2010

10/07-2010

NETHERLANDS
Hi Ydun!
Tonight (July 9th at 2130 UTC) Arrow Classic Rock is again on air on 828 kHz.
73, Patrick Robic, Austria (9/7-2010)

08/07-2010

NEW ZEALAND
New PAL Radio Guides now available online.
See our pirate Radio Hauraki Souvenir Offer also.........

New versions of both the PAL Radio Guides covering all AM [mediumwave] and SW [shortwave] radio stations across the region are now available from the Radio Heritage Foundation website www.radioheritage.net.
The Pacific Asian Log [PAL] Radio guides list all known AM and SW radio stations operating in the region with detailed information about operating times, languages, location, and much more...across many thousands of individual stations.
Information in the new Pacific Asian Log Radio Guides is also useful for travellers, travel agents, corporates and others who need to keep clients and staff informed.
The PAL Radio Guides are compiled in Seattle [USA] by our editor-in-chief Bruce Portzer from monitoring reports, official sources and feedback from listeners across the region.
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NETHERLANDS
Transmissions on 828 KHz from Heinenoord transmitter in the Netherlands (carrying Arrow Classic Rock) have ended. Transmissions started in the middle of june and ended early july. Presumably it is necessary to use the frequency once in a while to keep the license. It seems there is no serious attempt to start a radiostation at this moment.
So at the moment 828 is silent again.
Peter van der Eijk (8/7-2010)

U K
URY York 1350 kHz left the air some time in the last 24 hours.
The tx is silent for the summer university vacation. The station website seems to indicate that URY Jukebox is on air and a check of the web stream shows that the automated programme is still being generated (but not on MW).
Right now Kingstown Radio is clear on 1350kHz. URY should return in October.
73s Steve Whitt via mwcircle yg (5/7-2010)

04/07-2010

FINLAND
Not MW but anyway: Radio Hami website tells that sw frequency 6120 was a typo, correct freq is 6170.
Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski Finland via dxld yg (4/7-2010)

02/07-2010

FINLAND
Radio Hami: The annual summer camp of the Finnish Amateur Radio League will be held on July 15-18, 2010 near Räyskälä airfield (Rayskala-EFRY) some 80km N of Helsinki. Special event broadcasting station, Radio Hami, will operate on 104.9 FM, 1584 MW and 6120 SW.
Station homepage is http://radiohami.fi/
Preliminary schedule http://radiohami.fi/operaatiot/2010-kesaleiri-rayskala/ohjelma.shtml
Times are Finnish summer time, UTC+3.
(Thanks tip from Hannu Romppainen in the Finnish DX-list)
Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski Finland via dxld yg (2/7-2010)

INDIA
All India Radio tender notice for DRM digital transmitters.
India's public service broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) is putting into practice its plans for digitalisation of radio and has placed a global tender notice for the procurement of several DRM digital transmitters. AIR has invited bids for the supply of 34 new MW transmitters, for the upgrade of 36 MW transmitters and purchase of 5 SW transmitters and other associated equipment.  The Research Department of AIR is also going ahead with the purchase of a 500 watt DRM shortwave transmitter for conducting trials on 26 MHz SW DRM transmissions for local coverage. The details of the tender advertisement can be found on the official AIR website:
http://www.allindiaradio.org/NIT/Tenderenquiry-13/18006010.html   

This procurement process is the start of the AIR's digitalisation plan of ensuring DRM Digital radio coverage for the entire country, thereby providing better and more robust radio services to the listeners.
Earlier this year, AIR had placed orders for the purchase of two 1000 KW DRM capable transmitters which are now being made ready for inspection and delivery. These MW transmitters can be operated in DRM mode, in analogue or in simulcast mode and provide coverage to very large areas in the Indian subcontinent. The transmitters have been manufactured by Thomson Broadcast & Multimedia, A.G.
And recently All India Radio has also confirmed the purchase of 6 mobile DRM transmitters of 10 KW each which are AM/DRM ready. These containerized transmitters are meant to be used in disaster management CASES as they can be easily transported to the affected areas by air/rail/road.  A 60 meter medium wave mobile mast goes in another container which can be easily erected together with the transmitter and start broadcasting as and when required.  These transmitters are being supplied by  M/S Riz, Croatia.
Source: DRM Consortium http://www.drm.org/index.php?p=news_item&uid=212 via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, dxld yg (1/7-2010)

01/07-2010

IRELAND
UNID: I first noted continuous music on 927kHz AM on Saturday 26 June 2010 between 12.00 midday & 6.00pm; the transmission was emanating from a transmitter which is situated between Mullingar (Co. Westmeath) & Longford (Co. Longford) in the Republic of Ireland.
Continuous music was also noted on 927kHz AM this afternoon (Wednesday 30 June 2010) up until 6.00pm 
Sean Brady, IRL (30/6-2010)

30/06-2010

IRELAND
Atlantic Radio 1251 kHz: Has anyone heard this station? http://www.atlanticradio.ie/
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (30/6-2010)

Its from Castlebar, Mayo apparently. Should be an easy one for me during daytime.
Paul Logan, mwcircle yg (30/6-2010)

29/06-2010

U K
Global Radio, currently concentrating on closing 20 FM stations across the UK, have also put an end to what was 26 thriving medium wave stations this week.
Full story here http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.6040
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (29/6-2010)

FINLAND
Radio Hami, Räyskälä, Finland will be broadcasting on 15th - 18th July 2010 on 104.9 FM, 1584 AM and 6120 SW.
More information can be found at: http://radiohami.fi/in-english.shtml
Radio Hami is temporary radio station, that operates yearly from The Finnish Amateur Radio League summer camp. Usually transmissions can be heard locally on FM and more internationally on 49 and 187 meter bands. The station has the address: Radio Hami / SRAL, PL 44, 00441 Helsinki, Finland.
73s Hannu Romppainen, Finland via mwcircle yg (29/6-2010)

27/06-2010

DRM UNID
The UNID on 1566 kHz, can be Challenger Radio from the area of Padova in Italy. They were planning DRM tests, so may be these tests are already on the air?
Christian Ghibaudo (27/6-2010)

U S A
Although not really a DX test, WNTP, 990 kHz, Philadelphia will be running on 50kw day pattern pretty much all night tonight, beginning shortly after midnight (eastern) during the experimental period, for system maintenance and adjustments. It will be normal programming. So, if you haven't been able to get the station before, here's your chance.
I will QSL any reception reports through my work email, rene @ wntp.com
73, Rene' Tetro, Director Of Engineering, Salem Communications - Philadelphia, WNTP-AM / WFIL-AM, June 26, ABDX via dxld yg
According to NRC pattern book, day and night patterns are basically the same, major lobe SSE into the Atlantic, but this will be 50 kW instead of 10, starting 0400 UT Sunday. Normal programming is news/talk.
Glenn Hauser, dxld yg (27/6-2010)

AUSTRALIA
With reference to my previous email regarding the ABC News Radio test transmission on 1152 kHz from Busselton:
The Australian Federal Government has pledged additional funding for the expansion of new ABC News Radio services into all centres around the country with populations of more than 10,000 (subject to the availability of spectrum) and will include over 80 frequencies by the end of 2010, according to the ABC News Radio website (ABC NewsRadio is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's national radio network providing continuous news and information 24 hours a day).
The present ABC News Radio frequencies are listed at
http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/listen/frequencies.htm
73, Gary Deacon, Fish Hoek, Cape Peninsula, South Africa,
www.capedx.blogspot.com via dxld yg (27/6-2010)

26/06-2010

DRM UNID
Hi, does anybody hear a DRM on 1566kHz? I have received such a message from a DXer living in this country. According to his loop antenna the location of the DRM TX should be somewhere in SW part of Europe. He heard it already a couple of times (e.g. on June25, 0255UTC), I heard nothing last night (June25-26) when I tried it for the first time...
Thanks, Karel Honzik, CZE via mwcircle yg (26/6-2010)

AUSTRALIA
Dear Glenn, I trust this finds you well. Just to inform you that a test transmission from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation was heard at Fish Hoek this week.
The transmission is being broadcast from Busselton WA on 1152 kHz and is a new proposed ABC News Radio service for the Bunbury-Busselton area.
A loop of the following pre-recorded announcement by ABC News Radio Breakfast announcer Glen Bartholomew was heard over a music bed :

" ... Hi. I'm Glen Bartholomew, breakfast presenter with ABC News Radio and this is a test transmission for ABC News Radio in the Bunbury-Busselton area on 1152 AM. If you think this test transmission is interfering with other broadcasts please contact the ABC's Reception Advice Line on 1300 13 9994 - that's 1300 13 9994.
ABC News Radio will commence broadcasting on this frequency once the test transmission is complete. If you would like to know more about ABC News Radio, why not visit our website athttp://abc.net.au/newsradio
Thanks for listening and make sure you spread the news..."

An audio clip of the announcement heard at Fish Hoek during the evening of the 23rd June 2010 is available here http://www.box.net/shared/ilm7ed2y2p
The test transmission, heard via the Sony SRF-M37V and 220 metre BOG directed towards Perth WA, was verified this morning by ABC Master Control.
73, Gary Deacon, Fish Hoek, Cape Peninsula, South Africa,
http://www.capedx.blogspot.com via DX LISTENING DIGEST yg (25/6-2010)

18/06-2010

NETHERLANDS
Arrow Classic Rock noted here in Almere to-day June 18th 2010 on 828 kHz at 1313 UTC and onwards; reception good SIO=354 with the Sony ICF 7600 GR indoors.Regular ID as Arrow Classic Rock.
73s, Ehard Goddijn, The Netherlands (18/6-2010)

U S A
WHKT Portsmouth, VA 1650 kHz .
Not Disney anymore after being silent. Now talk with simulcast of WPMH Claremont, VA. IDs as "WPMH and WHKT Portsmouth. This is conservative talk radio 'Freedom 16-50'"
73, Kraig, KG4LAC Manassas, VA

On January 25, 2010, Disney announced that it was selling the station to Hampton Roads area religious broadcaster Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting for $350,000. Disney took WHKT, and five other stations slated to be sold, off the air on January 22; the station had previously carried the company's Radio Disney network.
The sale was listed as "consummated" by the FCC as of May 5, 2010.
Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (18/6-2010)

17/06-2010

U K
I'm getting very weak back to back rock/pop music at 1600 BST / 1500utc (now) on 567kHz. OM announcer possibly in English. Is this Italy or maybe the pirate in East Anglia?
Can anyone in SE England hear this?
Thanks, Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (17/6-2010)
It's the pirate Radio Albatross (from Suffolk) with a relays of Radio Caroline.
73, Hugo Matten, Veurne, Belgium via mwcircle yg (17/6-2010)

SWEDEN
Mediumwave open to private radio in Sweden.
The new law of radio was voted this week in Sweden. Means that even the am-band is open to community radio, commerciall radio etc. in all bands below 30 MHz.Even the L-band is open to dab+ broadcasting without any criteria at all.90 areas it's open to dab+ and a licence from PTT only.
The new law active from 1 of august.New FM/AM/DAB+ comming up this year.
Roy Sandgren (17/6-2010)

U K
Greenwich Kasapah has been granted a new community radio licence by Ofcom.
The new station for Greenwich and South East london, which we first reported on last October, was one of seven that Ofcom announced today had been successful in their applications to operate not-for-profit, community radio projects.
Greenwich Kasapah will be primarily speech-based and specifically target the African communities in and around Greenwich. Kasapah, meaning good or decent talk in a Ghanaian language, has been given a slot on the medium wave (AM) band.
Sixteen other applications for licences were unsuccessful, including one for Greenwich-based, Talk Africa Radio.
Rob Powell, greenwich.co.uk (17/6-2010)

15/06-2010

U K
Forthcoming MW RSL in London:
MCR - Ramadan Special
1134 AM - London E1 Whitechapel
Ramadan 2010
On air from: 11/08/10 to 11/09/10
Contact: Abdullah Faliq, Telephone: 020 74561062
Steve Whitt via mwcircle yg (15/6-2010)

12/06-2010

U S A
Radio Celestial 1710 kHz.
At night here in southern New Hampshire, usually the Haitian Radio Soleil used to dominate on 1710kHz.
However recently the spanish language religious Radio Celestial has started to dominate. Much to my surprise, the google street view for 3138 Webster Ave, Bronx, NY (the address of the church in question) clearly shows a large antenna in the back of the church!
Rik van Riel via mwdx yg (12/6-2010)

07/06-2010

GERMANY
Hi, read in German DX-Magazine Radio-Kurier:
From the 26th of June to the 3rd of July 2010 the radio station "Welle370" will be on air on 810kHz with 10W from Königs Wusterhausen/D near Berlin.
Transmission time: 8:00UTC to 20:00UTC.
See:
http://www.funkerberg.de/welle370/
http://www.kulta-kw.de/index.php/kulta-welle-370
73s Olaf C.Haenssler via mwcircle (7/6-2010)

27/05-2010

CANADA
CHHA-1610 Toronto ON has applied to the CRTC to change its power from 10 kW-day, 1kW-night, both non directional to 6.25 kW- unlimited directional, with a null to protect CJWI-1610 Montreal.

The change to a directional antenna was requested by Industry Canada in response to complaints by CJWI. The application by CJWI to move to 1410 has been approved but has not yet been implemented.

The directional antenna proposed is not the usual array of two or more towers, but rather a single tower with a tuned guy wire to create the required directional pattern. I would advise anyone interested in directional arrays to read the engineering brief which is part of
the application, a link to which can be found with the application:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-301.htm#3

Toronto, Ontario Application No. 2009-1739-6
Application by San Lorenzo Latin American Community Centre to amend the technical parameters of the Type B community radio programming undertaking CHHA Toronto.
The licensee proposes to change CHAA's authorized contours by decreasing the transmitter power from 10,000 watts to 6,250 watts day time, and increasing the transmitter power from 1,000 watts to 6,250 watts night time.
The population within the 15 mV/m contour would decrease from 1,315,982 to 1,067,284 in the day time, and increase from 194,073 to 1,067,284 in the night time. The population within the 5 mV/m contour would decrease from 2,828,585 to 2,409,869 in the day time, and increase from 500,010 to 2,409,869 in the night time.
The licensee states that the proposed changes will result in a better quality signal to listeners located in the northwest part of its licensed area who are currently experiencing poor reception of CHHA.
73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, May 21, DXLD 10-21 (26/5-2010)

25/05-2010

CANADA
While waiting for something to happen on medium wave,  I learned that station CJWI is about to move from 1610 Khz to 1410 KHz with a steady 10Kw instead of 1Kw. 
Sylvain Naud via mwdx yg (25/5-2010)

23/05-2010

CANADA
930 CJYQ St, John's: Now iding as "This is Newfoundland Labrador". Station website
http://www.thisisnewfoundlandlabrador.ca/
Paul Crankshaw via mwcircle yg (23/5-2010)

INDIA
All India Radio Saiha (AIR Saiha/Akashvani Saiha) has been upgraded from Community Radio Station to a full-fledged Local Radio station this week, according to Moonlight newspaper in Siaha (Saiha), south Mizoram. AIR Saiha is the only radio station in the three autonomous district councils of Chakma, Mara and Lai in Mizoram. Saiha is the headquarters of erstwhile Chhimtuipui, one of the three districts in Mizoram and it is the third biggest town in Mizoram after Aizawl and Lunglei. Saiha Community Radio Station (CRS) started airing on June 13, 2000 along with Champhai CRS. Aizawl and Lunglei are the other two towns where AIR has radio stations in Mizoram. AIR Saiha is broadcast in two languages – Mara and Mizo apart from relaying news in Hindi and English from New Delhi. AIR Saiha can be reached at 1602 kHz on Medium Wave (MW).
Source :http://samaw.com/air-saiha-upgraded-to-local-radio-station/3367
via The Organize News R A D I O A C T I V I T Y (19/5-2010)

20/05-2010

PERU
I tuned into Nueva Q 1570 on May 16th 2010 at 05.15UTC till  05.44UTC then again from 07.59UTC till 08.30UTC.
The location I was listening was at Hampden which is 5 minutes away from Moraki Boulders in North Otago.
I am after a e-mail address for Nueva Q or a Snail mail address. I have this e-mail for Nueva Q lgarcia@crpradio.co.pe but it bounced back so maybe you have correct e-mail address.
I actually live in Dunedin and can't hear Nueva here due to a station on 1575.
I can send you a sound bite if you want.
Regards David Miller (20/5-2010)
What a nice caught! Thanks to Mauricio Molano, Spain (via MW Circle) I can supply you with the following email address: msoto (a) crpradio.com. pe
Ydun Ritz (20/5-2010)

17/05-2010

U K
Very soon Radio Caroline will be back broadcasting from its historic radio ship "Ross Revenge". I received this from long-time dj Johnny Lewis this morning:
"Hi Mike. we are back on the ship in 2 weeks time for another Bank Holiday.
I'll be on the ship for the 3 days again.Always a great time"
Will be on MW 531khz locally in the UK, worldwide 24/7 at
http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk
Mike Terry via mwdx yg (17/5-2010)

PERU / ECUADOR
Yesterday morning, around our sunrise (05.05z) I got 1499.849 R. Sta. Rosa, 1570 "NuevaQ" and on 1470 Ecos de Naranjito, this one from 0445 and peaking around 0510 with greetings to listeners in "la parroqia Lorenzo de Garaicoa" and nice music. The very first time I did catch a station from Ecuador!. On 1430 I got another station with religious talk mentioning Santiago and República Dominicana and giving dates for some public act so I presumed it was Radio Emanuel. I have sent a tentative report via email because the female announcer can be easily recognized. Let´s see!. This morning nothing!
Mauricio Molano, Salamanca Spain via mwcircle yg (16/7-2010)

16/05-2010

U S A
Hi Glenn,
R. Marti : Members of the ARDXC spent this weekend from Friday 14 to Sun 16 May at Cataract Scout Camp near Appin NSW (South of Sydney). Heard something quite weak on 1180 possibly around 1000utc.
I presume it was Marti but no positive id.
73 Tony Magon VK2IC, Australia via dxld yg (16/5-2010)

15/05-2010

PERU
Manuel Soto, Gerente de Operaciones of Corporación Radial del Perú has told me in a QSL reply that transmitter OCU-4J ["Nueva Q FM"] is broadcasting on 1570 with a power of 10 kw from a folded monopole installed in a swamp. He thinks that the grounding system must be improved.
This transmitter is diplexed with OCX-4R 660 kHz (Radio La Inolvidable).
The 1360 transmitter (OCU-4I) is broadcasting this days a religious programming but in some months "Nueva Q FM" will return to this frequency and 1570 will be moved to another tx. site and no longer operated by Corp. Radial del Perú. 1570 "Nueva Q FM" was received in Spain on May 12th at 0507 UTC.
Mauricio Molano, Salamanca via mwcircle yg (15/5-2010)

U S A
Rumor has it that R. Marti MW 1180 Marathon [FL] is now back in normal operation. Please check if you can hear it, day or night, north or south. And whether it is better or worse in your location following a month off for antenna rebuild.
Glenn Hauser, 0115 UT May 15, DXLD yg (15/5-2010)
Yes Glenn,
Caught them last evening our time, at 0547 UTC 14 May on 1180, fighting it out against Auckland (about 90km way) station Radio Ake on 1179. Confirmed by parallel programming on 6030 shortwave. No better or worse than in the past here.
Bryan Clark, Mangawhai (Northland) New Zealand via DXLD yg (15/5-2010)
AOR7030+ and EWEs to North Central & South America

14/05-2010

U S A
DXmidAMerica reports:
1650 WHKT VA Portsmouth new format, now TALK (ex Disney) 5/14.
Barry Davies via mwcircle yg (14/5-2010)

13/05-2010

NORWAY
LA1ASK/B 509 kHz
Midlertidig radiofyr/Temporary Beacon på Toftøy i Øygarden kommune/Municipality.
509 kHz A1A med sendereffekt 5 Watt.
Sender: Skanti livbåtsender [life boat transmitter].
Kallesignal/Call sign LA1ASK/B
QTH JP20LL  
Antenne 35 meter vertikal.
Høyde over havet [above sea level] 15 meter ved mastefoten.
QRV fra mai til medio juni 2010.
QSL til post@bergenkringkaster.no
Senderfrekvens kalibreres [frequency to be calibrated by] av Øystein Ask
Senderen er styrt [xmitter controlled by] av en signalgenerator +- 10 ppm.
Transmisjonsmelding [xmiss msg]: vvv vvv vvv de LA1ASK/B  LA1ASK/B  LA1ASK/B  QTH JP20LL  QSL info  www.LA1ASK.NO
80 tegn [characters] pr. minutt og 120 sekunder mellom hver senderstart [between each xmiss start].
Ansvarlig radioamatør: LA7CFA Øystein Ask
Lyngbøveien 52
5164 Laksevåg
Telefon: +47 55344893 
Mobil +47 90764111
Svenn Martinsen via mwcircle yg (13/5-2010)

11/05-2010

U K
According to Ofcom:
Radio Mallory - 1602 AM - Mallory Park, Leicestershire
Motorsport radio broadcast
On air from: 25/06/10 to 27/06/10
Contact: Diane Smith
Telephone: 01280 820 420
Email: diane@arbhire.com
73s Steve Whitt, mwcircle yg (11/5-2010)

08/05-2010

CROATIA
Dear DXers, Voice of Croatia (Glas Hrvatske) on 1134 kHz via Zadar, 600 kW now airs on a new time segment: 1600-2245z.
Regards, Dragan Lekic, Serbia via dxld yg (8/5-2010)

06/05-2010

SPAIN
Radio station EAJ25 is no more "Radio Tarrasa" (or Terrassa in Catalan language). Radio Tarrasa-SER Vallés was closed on January 30th and all its workers were fired. The station was owned by José Manuel Salillas who sold it in 2008 (with the FM Radio Club25, the TV station "canal TV20-Localia Vallès and the magazine "Terrassa Societat") to the KISS-FM group. After the Cadena SER decided not to renew the contract of association with the new owner (SER and KISS are direct competitors in the musical FM scene and a condition for membership is that the partner can not compete directly with the brands of the network and KISS-FM is doing it) KISS-FM. After the last broadcast as "Radio Tarrasa", the MW station (828 kHz) spent several days in an unstable situation ... sometimes switched on other off, sometimes relaying the SER satellite fed other the KISS-FM one. At the end, radio station EAJ25 has become a relay of the FM frequency of KISS-FM in Barcelona.
So, update your lists! 828 is no more "Radio Tarrasa" but "KISS-FM Barcelona" relay.

CÁCERES. EAK57 (900 MW) is no more "COPE-Cáceres" but "COPE-Alta Extremadura". "COPE-Cáceres" is reserved now for the FM outlet. "COPE-Alta Extremadura" focuses its programing in the North of the province specially in the economically atractive market of Plasencia (where there was a Radio Popular station in the 60´s EAK61)... and very suspiciously the 900 kHz signals has suffered a dramatic improvement in Plasencia city. Plasencia is @83 km. North of Cáceres city. The MW signals of RNE and (previously!) COPE were weak. RNE-1 774 the stronger and RNE-5 1107 the weakest. The last time I passed by the streets of Plasencia in the bus heading to Aldea del Cano (where my Perseus is) the scene was totally different: 900 AM with a LOCAL signal and RNE with the signal level expected... so I am suspecting that the Pirate´s ship is starting to cruise the Spanish (medium) waves also (in the FM there is little room already!).
73s Mauricio Molano, Salamanca via mwdx yg (1/5-2010)

02/05-2010

ARGENTINA
Another Latin American station on 1320 kHz is Radio Scombro from José C. Paz, in the suburbs of Buenos Aires in Argentina. AM programming is a relay of 90.7 FM, according to local DXer Arnaldo Slaen. He heard the station announcing telephone numbers 4663-4000 and 02320-581615, with street address as Cruce de la Ruta 8 y la Ruta 197, en José C. Paz, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Slaen reported the station on Condig mailing list on April 19.
DXing.info (26/4-2010)

SWEDEN
Radio Sweden is joining many other European broadcasters by closing down its transmissions on the mediumwave and shortwave bands. Broadcasts will end on October 31, 2010, and instead, Radio Sweden will continue to operate on the Internet. English-language service will continue to serve the domestic audience also on the FM band. Russian broadcasts will be available on the Internet just like German programs already are. Among the immigrant languages, Albanian, Assyrian-Syriac and Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian are to be terminated in the end of October. Meanwhile, Arabic and Somali - the largest immigrant language groups in Sweden - are to be boosted. The same applies to Romani, which is one of Sweden's five official minority languages. The Persian service is to include also Dari spoken by the rapidly increasing number of Afghan refugees coming to Sweden. Kurdish broadcasts remain unchanged. Swedish Radio's output in immigrant languages will be available on the web and nationwide on the FM band.
DXing.info (26/4-2010)

29/04-2010

NETHERLANDS
On Thursday, April 29 at 19.00 CET Radio Waddenzee / Radio Seagull [1602 kHz 500 watt]will start transmitting programmes from on board the lightship Jenni Baynton anchored near the island of Griend in the Waddenzee. The programmes will continue until Sunday, May 16, 2010 live from the Jenni Baynton. During this period, the Internet stream from Radio Waddenzee will be in nostalgic mono!
Boat trips to visit the station on board are available.
More information through the websites of the two stations:
http://www.radiowaddenzee.nl/
http://www.radioseagull.com/
From www.mediapages.nl via Alan Milewczyk via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (29/4-2010)

U K
Radio Caroline is back on board the MV Ross Revenge for a full Bank Holiday weekend broadcast.
"Programmes, live from our radio ship, will get underway at 2 O'clock on Friday afternoon, April 30th. Once again if you live in the south Essex or north Kent area you'll be able to tune in on 531 kHz AM, but SKY 0199 and our web streams will also be carrying programmes from the Ross.
We're going to let you choose some of the music too. Each hour we'll be auctioning three classic tracks in "The People's Choice". You simply bid to hear the one you prefer. The track that gets the highest bid will get played at the end of each hour."
The programme schedule is at
http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/may_bank_holiday_schedule.html
Internet broadcasts 24/7 at http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk
Mike Terry via dxld yg (28/4-2010)

28/04-2010

CANADA
A power failure at a CBC transmitter west of Winnipeg has hushed the radio broadcast on the AM dial.
Programming can still be heard at 89.3 FM but selecting 990 on the AM side only brings soft static. There is a backup generator at the site in but that too, has failed.
Crews are working to restore power.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/04/27/mb-cbc-transmitter-failure-winnipeg.html#ixzz0mKkJ8qMf
CBC News via Mike Terry, mwdx yg (27/4-2010)

27/04-2010

AUSTRALIA
3ABN Busselton, Western Australia on 1629 kHz.

An update from a recent QSL received is that 3ABN (Three Angels broadcasting Network) Australia is broadcasting from just north of Busselton WA on the AM expanded band
frequency of 1629 kHz. The station commenced broadcasting on 1629 kHz on January 7th 2010. They also plan to broadcast from the Perth metro area on the same frequency.

"Hi Gary, Thank you for your interesting email. I have checked out your blog as well as the 3ABN Radio program schedule for the times you stated and can verify that the programs were aired at the times you said. It is very good for us to know our signal was reaching so far across the ocean. It is amazing how far signals can travel when the conditions are right!

The rebroadcast of the 3ABN Radio signal from 1629AM in Busselton, Western Australia only commenced on January 7, 2010. We have another station to build in Perth itself and it will be the same frequency as Busselton. However, due to the location being in the metro area we will be having to use a different aerial set up and we don’t think it will travel as far as Busselton. There we have a 30m antenna with a 30m ground mat. We are download[ing] the signal from satellite (Optus D2) and use a 1 kW Blythe transmitter. We will also be using a Blythe in Perth once we have secured a site.

3ABN Australia is part of the world wide ministry of 3ABN (Three Angels broadcasting Network) situated in southern Illinois, USA, and looks after the ministries work in Australia and New Zealand. 3ABN is a Christian broadcasting network which includes TV, radio, books, and music. It can be viewed around the world on satellite and the internet, and in many places, on cable TV.

My husband, John, and I have been running 3ABN Australia from Western Australia since 2003. But last month we relocated our operations to the east coast, 1 1/2 hours north of Sydney. We plan to build a new studio and head quarters, including a radio studio where we can make local content which can be aired around the world as well as in this area.

I have attached a letter of confirmation for your records. I will pass your email on to 3ABN Radio USA as they would be very pleased to hear your report. Regards,

Rosemary Malkiewycz
3ABN Australia Inc
PO Box 752
Morisset, NSW, 2264"

Details of the recent reception (including an audio clip of the 400 watt signal which made it through over a distance of  8 500 km to Betty's Bay, South Africa) is available at
http://www.capedx.blogspot.com
73, Gary Deacon, Fish Hoek, Cape Peninsula, South Africa, April 18, DXLD 10-16 (22/4-2010)

26/04-2010

AFGHANISTAN / U S A
The US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has issued a modification to its contract with Harris Corporation concerning a recently-installed BBG mediumwave transmitter in Afghanistan: ?Harris is the only firm capable of meeting BBG's requirement to enhance the capabilities of the existing 200 kW shelterized mediumwave (MW) transmitting system in a remote location of Afghanistan to provide for 24-7 operations. The enhancement to existing
Harris designed and provided broadcast site includes the design, fabrication,
shipment, optional installation, commissioning and testing of one (1) additional
Caterpillar C-18 generator capacity and fuel capacity at the recently completed site. It is mandatory the new equipment be precisely integrated into the existing site with no downtime. Harris is required to provide all personnel, design, equipment, materials, supplies, documentation, training, fabrication, assembly, packing for overseas shipment, shipment, installation and otherwise do all things necessary and incident to the delivery of a highly efficient and highly reliable commercially available enhancement to the existing
solid-state mediumwave (MW) transmitting system. Minimal US Government security is
provided at the site.
Source: BBG via tradingmarkets.com

Andy Sennitt, RN Media Network weblog adds:
This appears to be the new transmitter carrying VOA's Deewa Radio in Pashto into the Pakistan border area. According to a BBG document issued in July 2009, "an AM transmitter was being readied in Afghanistan whose signal was expected to extend signi?cantly into the targeted region inside Pakistan. The transmitters are located in Afghanistan rather than
in Pakistan because the Pakistan Media Law is very restrictive in this matter." 
Currently, only shortwave frequencies are listed for Deewa Radio on the VOA website. Does anyone know if the transmitter is already operational, and on what frequency?
mwcircle yg (25/4-2010)

22/04-2010

U K
I think Absolute Radio [see 12/4-2010] on 1215 got back to full power around the 18th.
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson, Iceland (22/4-2010)

GERMANY
Now Radio Bremen officially announced the permanent shut down of their 936 kHz tx. After closing a month ago they did not announced anything and waited silently for listener complains. Only 200 were received.
The annual MW operating cost in the higher 5 figure EUR range could be better spent on other fields, considering that it is public station financed by our radio/TV license fee.
Interesting their statement that they do not expect a bright future for digital MW, a view probably shared among other ARD stations.
In German:
http://www.radiobremen.de/unternehmen/presse/unternehmen/mittelwelle100.html
Jurgen Bartels, Suellwarden, N. Germany via mwdx yg (22/4-2010)

GERMANY
Press release, issued yesterday [Radio Bremen/936 kHz]:
http://www.radiobremen.de/unternehmen/presse/unternehmen/mittelwelle100.html
Says that in the four weeks since the transmitter has been switched off they received just under 200 reactions, so little feedback that they decided to rather spend the money on new technologies and program formats, especially since "in all likelyhood there will be no
future-proof digitalization of mediumwave broadcasting".
It has been considered to keep the transmitter on air at reduced power, but the operational costs would still be too high to justify it.
As a gesture of appreciation the 200 listeners will be invited to a exclusive visit. (Comment: I suspect the event will become kind of a DX meeting...)
By the way, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk has at present no plans to give up any of its mediumwave frequencies (783, 882, 1044, 1188 kHz), sources hurried to tell even without being asked. In this case it are leased facilities, owned and operated by Media Broadcasting.
Kai Ludwig via dxld yg (22/4-2010)

21/04-2010

U S A
Read Glenn Hauser's interesting report from Big Daytime MWDX Opening yesterday in Oklahoma.
(21/4-2010)

18/04-2010

ACORES
828 Antena 1 Açores, Monte das Cruzes, Flores, is "back in business" as obs'ed. on 15 April:
2225-22422, 15 Apr, songs prgr; 45343, adj. QRM, so maybe the fault on the site was not that serious after all.
Best regards, Carlos Goncalves (18/4-2010)

17/04-2010

U S A
Radio Zoe 14-30, in SS since Feb 12. Christian devotional programming. Claims extensive listenership in Latin America through audio application on Facebook,
http://apps.facebook.com/radiozoe
Numerous text messages seem to confirm this.
Streaming audio available at www.zoe1430.com
Address: 13085 SW 133rd Ct., Miami FL 33186
Phone: 305 398 1430, for text messages 305 735 1430.
So which are the call letters of this one?
One has to wait for a top of the hour annct in SS, sometimes 1 minute earlier or 1 minute later, WOIR Homestead-Miami.
There is absolutely no mention of this on their web site.
Thanks to Barry Davies for sending me an audio clip which led me to this novelty.
Henrik Klemetz via mwcircle yg (16/4-2010)

14/04-2010

OKLAHOMA
KFXY 1640 Enid may have changed format to ``The New Faith 1640`` with southern gospel music --- but that doesn`t mean an even more important religion, baseball can`t bump off the praise whenever there is a game.

Monday afternoon April 12 at 1840 UT, I am hearing Royals baseball vs Tigers at Detroit! And frequent commercial breaks including local ones for the KC area, such as Edward Jones in Prairie Village. What good does that do us in Enid, with half a dozen of those right around here??

Next check at 2026, still Royals game. It was about over so after the post-game wrapup, and I could not care less who won, at 2046 slogan as ``The sports authority for Edmond, 1640 The Score`` and already mixing with gospel music as it immediately converted to ``The New Faith 1640``. Edmond is a northern suburb of OKC well within coverage.

There are bound to be night games too, so DXers may still hear either format and either slogan, depending, on 1640. But apparently still not sports talk any more, just live games and associated chatter.

While I was at it, scanned the MW band to find what other stations were audible on the Royals network, no IDs heard but easily presumed:

1550, KKLE Winfield KS (tho CCI KYAL Sapulpa OK is also sports)
1510, KNNS Larned KS, barely audible in KOKC splash, but // 1640 (was surprised to get this, as not usually audible daytimes)
1150, KSAL Salina KS
1130, KLEY Wellington KS, sibling station to 1550 KKLE Winfield
860, KKOW Pittsburg KS
690, KGGF Coffeyville KS
580, WIBW Topeka KS

and some 8 seconds delayed, 610, KCSP Kansas City, which I assume is the originating station. Is that so it will be less obvious that the same game is on 580 WIBW? It`s also incredible that 690 and 860 in essentially the same market with huge coverage overlap are both carrying Royals. Axually, 580 alone would suffice to cover this entire area in KS, MO and OK, not to mention NE and IA. [and more of the same the afternoon of April 13]

I also ran across more silly ball games on the dial; they all sound alike to me, so in the parked car I employed the handy portable I always keep in the vehicle, and checked for parallels.

Cardinals were also playing, on:
1390, KCRC Enid OK [we are so lucky to have access to both!]
1230, WBBZ Ponca City OK

Rangers on:
710, KGNC Amarillo TX
Glenn Hauser, Enid, dxld yg (14/4-2010)

13/04-2010

AÇORES
837 Antena 1 Açores, Monte das Cruzes, Ilha das Flores, Flores island, has been off due to a tx break down; it is estimated that the repair crew arrived on the island today, 12 Apr, so as to solve the problem and reactivate this 1 kW that serves both this island and that of Corvo.   This is actually my best AZR channel here despite [often avoidable] QRM de E.
Carlos Goncalves (13/4-2010)

MADEIRA
RTP "Antena 1 Madeira" - this is current status of their txs:

1332 Senhora do Monte is the only (!) active tx for the moment.

603 Pico do Areeiro (Madeira island) awaits a new monopole to replace the one that collapsed back in FEB '10, i.e. if the RTP administration doesn't choose to shut this channel too.   I suppose a decision won't be known in many months as the cost of such an antenna may easily surpass that of a 10 kW tx.

1125 Ponta do Pargo broke down, so it awaits replacement of a damaged part.

From the set of MF txs used by the RTP Antena 1 Madeira, only one is solid
state.

PEF-Posto Emissor do Funchal, Funchal: They are still active:
Funchal 1530, nominal 10 kW, Santana 1017, 1 kW. 
The planned move to Chão dos Balcões (this is not far from RTP's Pico do Areeiro site) has not materialised so far, so 1530 is still at reduced power so as to avoid QRM on neighbouring households.  Acc. to the stn, no new tx will be installed on the new site where a new tower has already been installed; they'll be moving the old valve tx instead...  On a quiet receiving place, both 1530 & 1017 are audible during daytime, particularly the latter despite adj. QRM (de E), but 1530 is putting a terribly weak signal that's clogged by noise albeit audible at night time when it must fight QRM de CVA & STP (VoA).
Carlos Goncalves (13/4-2010)

12/04-2010

U K
Is it just me, or is Absolute Radio putting out a weaker signal on 1215?
Reynir Heidberg Stefansson, Iceland (12/4-2010)

U S A
710 WOR New York, NY
George Noory's "Coast to Coast," bumped last month from WABC (770 AM), has come in for a landing at rival WOR (710 AM). "Coast to Coast," which begins April 5 and will be heard five nights a week, from 1 to 5 am, replaces the long-running Joey Reynolds show on WOR. "C2C" is best known for its exploration of paranormal phenomena, though Noory says it
has focused more in recent years on social, medical, personal and political issues. It has the second highest number of stations for any syndicated show in the country, trailing only Rush Limbaugh. Noory said that after the show was dropped by WABC, he received "thousands" of e- mails from New York area listeners who could no longer hear it.
Reynolds, who has been a radio host for almost half a century, will remain on WOR through April 2 and says he bears no ill will. "I've been able to do a lot of great things on this show over the years," he says.
"I don't think of this as being fired. It's an economic thing — which everyone has to do these days." Reynolds also said he doesn't expect to be absent from late-night media for long, because he is in discussions about a live nightly show that would be seen on television and carried on the Internet. "I'd hoped it would also be simulcast on WOR," he says.
"So now I'll have to see if another station is interested." "Joey has done a remarkable job for WOR over a long period of time," said WOR program director Scott Lakefield. "But the time has come for a change by bringing one of the country's most popular shows to WOR." NY Daily News via IRCA via mwcircle yg (9/4-2010)

08/04-2010

SWEDEN
2011 Radio Nord Revival: On April Fools' Day 2010, April 1 (of all days!) a meeting was held with representatives of the museum ship s/s St Erik in Stockholm. Göran Lindemark and myself presented our plans of an event RSL station on medium wave to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the start of Swedish offshore station Radio Nord next year. Our hosts were very interested in the project and as the ship is moored close to the centre of Stockholm, near the Vasa museum and the Gröna Lund amusement park it will be easily accessible. We intend to invite the veteran broadcasters of Radio Nord and naturally we hope to see as many Radio Nord listeners as possible visiting us.

Last year a book by Jan Kotschack, eldest son of the Radio Nord manager Jack S. Kotschack, entitled "Stick iväg, Jack", was published by Premium Publishing and we hope to have Jan on board signing his book during this event. The book is in Swedish but can be highly recommended also for non-Swedish speaking radio enthusiasts as the extensive picture gallery is well worth the price of the book.

Further updates will be published as the project advances and your suggestions and input will be highly welcome.
http://www.radionordrevival.blogspot.com/
Thanks to Harald Kuhl for drawing my attention to above event (8/4-2010)